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Love-letters

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  • A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.
  • A young woman at home receiving a message from an old woman who is visiting her. Lithograph by Fr. Hanfstaengl, 1838, after F. van Mieris.
  • A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.
  • A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.
  • An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.
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    An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

    Opie, John, 1761-1807. | Date: 1817 | Reference: 674000i
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    Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

    | Date: [2016]
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    A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.

    Wood, E. C. (Eleanora C.), active 1832-1858. | Date: [1835] | Reference: 27280i
    • Books

    How to speak to girls and win their love / [by J. Abiakam].

    Abiakam, J. C. | Date: [1965?]
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    A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

    Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. | Date: Mar 1 1843 | Reference: 29584i
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